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Free Birth Control Means Fewer Abortions, Says Study (Which Proves Common Sense)

Jessica WakemanOctober 6, 2012 //
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A new study called “The Contraceptive Choice Project” outlined in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology tracked over 9,000 women in St. Louis and found free birth control led to drastically lower rates of abortion and births by teen moms. The study gave a range of free birth control options to poor and uninsured women (those at the greatest risk for an unplanned pregnancy) between 2007 and 2011.

Access to birth control, including the most effective, implanted options — meant women had fewer abortions: 4.4 to 7.5 abortions per 1,000 women in the study. Not only is that lower than the national average of 20 abortions per 1,000 women but lower than the abortion rate for women in St. Louis, which is 13.4 to 17 abortions per 1,000 women. The Obstetrics & Gynecology study, published yesterday, predicted that one abortion could be prevented for every 79 to 137 women being given free contraception. Keep reading »

I Love My IUD, So Why Didn’t My Doctor?

Kate ConwayOctober 5, 2012 //
I Got An IUD
A first hand account of getting an IUD. Read More »
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A first person experience with the IUD. Read More »
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This woman uses birth control for medical reasons. Read More »

The first time I went in to get my intrauterine device, or IUD, my doctor asked me if I was in a relationship.

“Um, kind of?” I stammered. “I mean, no. But you know, I hear this is the way to go as far as, you know, protectiveness.”

“Hrm,” she said, flipping her chart closed. This was the first time I’d been to this gynecologist, who ran her practice in my tiny suburban hometown. I was 20, home from school on Christmas break, and tired of frantically eyeing the moon and waiting for my period once a month. Keep reading »

Some NYC Schools Administer Birth Control, Morning-After Pill To Students — So What?

Jessica WakemanSeptember 26, 2012 //
Pregnant Teens
Teen pregnancy is statistically a Southern thing. Read More »
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Every teenager in Mississippi is pregnant, basically. Read More »
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A Minnesota bar has installed a vending machine for pregnancy tests. Read More »
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Kids these days just aren't getting pregnant like they used to. Read More »

Earlier this week, The New York Post dropped the “exclusive” that nurses at 13 New York City public schools can dispense the morning-after pill and provide oral and injectable birth control, like Depo Provera and the Pill — “without parents’ permission.”

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Missouri To Allow Employers To Refuse To Cover Birth Control, Abortion

Jessica WakemanSeptember 14, 2012 //
BC For Health
Why this woman uses birth control for health reasons. Read More »
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Obama tries to settles birth control debate in health care reform. Read More »
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Birth control will be covered by most employers under health care reform. Read More »
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Bad news out of Missouri this week: employers and insurers who personally oppose birth control, abortion and sterilization will be able to refuse to cover those forms of health care in their employee’s health insurance. Missouri’s Governor Jay Nixon had vetoed the bill, but earlier this week, the Republican-controlled legislature overrode the veto. Keep reading »

A Look At Just How Difficult It Is To Get A Pap Smear In Texas

Daley QuinnSeptember 7, 2012 //
TX Cuts PP Funds
Texas to cut off funding for poor women's health care at PP clinics. Read More »
Boos Over Birth Control
Crowd at a GOP debate boo-ed a question about birth control. Read More »
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What's a girl gotta do to get a pap smear in this state?
  • In the video above, RH Reality Check Texas reporter Andrea Grimes — the same Andrea Grimes who writes our “Hitched” column every week! — calls dozens of Texas-funded Women’s Health Program providers in search of a pap smear. The program has excluded Planned Parenthood as a provider, and Andrea discovers the drastically few places that will provide her with a women’s health exam within her area. Keep reading »

Cool Infographic: Will My Birth Control Be Free?

Amelia McDonell-ParryAugust 9, 2012 //

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Elizabeth Banks Stands Up For Planned Parenthood

Jessica WakemanAugust 8, 2012 //
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  • Actress Elizabeth Banks continues to be a magical unicorn from my dreams with this just-released video in support of Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign. Banks talks about why she supports Planned Parenthood — when she was a broke college graduate they helped regulate her heavy flow! — and Obama’s overall support for women’s health care. (No one tell her “30 Rock” character Avery Jessup that she did this, okay?) [YouTube]
  • Two different people have told me they just couldn’t read this Esquire article about women “whining” because it is just too obnoxious. You’ve been warned. [Esquire]
  • An Orthodox Jewish member of the Boro Park neighborhood in Brooklyn does not want security video cameras posted for a bone-chilling reason: he is concerned that any domestic violence captured on camera will be dealt with “outside the community.”  [Forward]
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Girl Talk: My Birth Control Gave Me A Mental Breakdown

Jessie LochrieAugust 2, 2012 //
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This piece by Jessie Lochrie was originally published on xoJane.com.

I can count the number of times I’ve had sex without condoms on one hand. This isn’t to brag about how I’m some model of safe sex — it’s because with the exception of a brief, two-week period, I have never been on birth control.

I’m not sure if I ever really made an active decision not to go on birth control. When I lost my virginity to my long-term high school boyfriend, we used those lubricated Trojans in the turquoise pack that so many people seem to use as My Very First Condom.

My reluctance to go on the Pill did partially stem from a teenager’s nervousness about telling my parents I was sexually active, though I always could have gone to Planned Parenthood (or my family doctor) and gone on birth control without them knowing. The real reason I avoided birth control was a gut feeling that I wouldn’t respond well to hormones. Keep reading »

6 Things To Know About The Birth Control Mandate That Begins Today

Tres SugarAugust 1, 2012 //

Happy free birth control day! President Obama’s free birth control mandate begins today, but before you get your hopes up there are some important things to know about what it means for you. A part of Obama’s healthcare reform stipulates that private insurance companies must be required to provide contraception without copays beginning today, Aug. 1, so here’s what you need to know about taking advantage of this new policy:

  • It’s more than birth control: Under Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), new insurance plans must cover a variety of services for women at no out-of-pocket costs. These include domestic violence counseling, cervical cancer screenings, FDA-approved contraception, STI screenings, breastfeeding supplies, and a “well woman” visit with her healthcare provider. Read more…

“This Is My Body”: The Video Anti-Abortion Activists Need To See

Jessica WakemanJuly 24, 2012 //
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This author says her abortion was the best decision of her life. Read More »
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“If I choose to have sex, I have the right to birth control and to be spared the demeaning insults that you’d never want leveled against your daughter or mother. My pursuit of orgasm is neither unnatural nor dangerous nor scary nor an infringement of your religious liberty. My sexual activity exists for my benefit, not your pleasure. And it’s never my fault if you rape me. I am done being excluded from decisions about my sexual and reproductive health. This is my body. Not yours.”

Tell it, sisters! This video is so kickass. I love the part at the end that goes, “Do not be afraid of a world in which women know themselves.” Definitely worth watching and sharing around. [Care2 via Facebook.com/ThisIsMyBody]

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